Combined window cleaner and wiper.



G. E. HENING.

COMBINED WINDOW GLBANER AND WIPER.

APPLICATION rum) MAR.18, 1908,

909,793. Patented Jan. 12,1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEECE.

CHESTER E. EENING, OF MCGOMB, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN B. MUELLER, OFTOLEDO, OHIO.

COMBINED WINDOW CLEANER AND WIPER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHESTER E. HENING, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of McComb, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio,have invented a certain new and useful Combined lVindow Cleaner andWiper; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to combination window cleaners and wipers; and hasfor its object the provision of an improved and eflicient article ofthis class, which is strong and durable in its construction and simpleand economical of manufacture, thus enhancing the practicability andcommercial value thereof.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device comprising my invention,and Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the holder or body of thedevice, which has the handle ferrule 2 secured to and projecting fromits central portion in a suitable manner. The holder or body 1 comprisesan elongated member of wood or other suitable material and has thecorner thereof opposed to the direction of projection of the ferrule 2cut away, as at 3, in the form of an obtuse angle. The wall 4: of theincut 3 is shown as being approximately in parallelism with the side 5of the holder, while the wall 6 of said incut is disposed diagonallyrelative to the side 7 of the holder and obtusely relative to said wall4: with its outer end terminating adjacent to the plane of the side 7 ofthe holder, as shown.

Fashioned to fit in the incut 3 of the holder or body 1 and beingadjustably held thereto by adj Listing-screws or bolts 8, is theclamping-piece 9, which serves to clamp both the cleaning strips 10, offelt, wool or other suitable material, and the wiping strip 11, ofrubber or other suitable material, to the walls 4 and 6, respectively,of the holder.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 18, 1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Serial No. 421,864.

To facilitate a securing of the wiper strip 11 between theclamping-piece and holder in such a manner that its outer edge isperfectly straight the wall 6 of the holder is recessed to receive thestrip and form a shoulder 12 with which the inner edge of the strip isintended to coact.

It is apparent that my invention provides a light, cheap and simplyconstructed device of this class, and one in which the cleaning andwiping strips areeasily and quickly removed and inserted, and which whenin position stand at obtuse angles to each other and in such positionsrelative to the handle as to enable either to be used as desired.

I wished it understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exactdetails of construction and arrangement of the parts shown anddescribed, as obvious modifications will occur to persons skilled in theart.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is,

.A device of the class described, comprising an elongated holder havingone corner cut away to provide a longitudinal incut, the walls of whichare disposed in obtuse planes, a clamping-piece constructed to fit insaid incut with the inner clamping walls thereof in parallelism with thewalls of the holder with which they respectively cooperate, awiper-strip clamped between opposing walls of said piece and holder withan edge projecting therefrom, cleaning material clamped between theother two opposing walls of the piece and holder, said wiping andcleaning parts being disposed in planes obtuse to each other, boltspassed through said piece and holder in the same direction and adaptedwhen tightened to cause both the cleaning material and wiper-strip to befirmly clamped, and a handle projecting from the holder in opposition tosaid incut.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHESTER E. HENING. lVitnesses:

HENRY E. BUCK, WILLIS E. COOPER.

